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Marketable Investments - Summary of Maturity Periods of the Marketable Securities (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Total		$ 81,013us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
Federal Agency and Corporate Obligations [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
FY 2015	21,076us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithinOneYearFairValue / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = forr_FederalAgencyAndCorporateObligationsMember
FY 2016	16,109forr_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesYearTwoFairValue / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = forr_FederalAgencyAndCorporateObligationsMember
FY 2017	17,700forr_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesYearThreeFairValue / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = forr_FederalAgencyAndCorporateObligationsMember
Total	$ 54,885us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = forr_FederalAgencyAndCorporateObligationsMember	$ 74,199us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = forr_FederalAgencyAndCorporateObligationsMember

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Fair value of available-for-sale debt securities maturing in the third fiscal year following the latest fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

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Amount of investment in debt and equity securities categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading.

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